Epiphone Review: Les Paul Siganture

History:

Purchase: I bought this axe from a friend who owns a music store in Dallas, Tx. I had never seen such an animal so I had to have one for my collection. I gave $600.00 cash plus another $50.00 for a case.

What I Like About This Epiphone Les Paul Siganture: It's 335 with a Les Paul style lower cut away. It is alot lighter than any 335's I've held. Maybe because it doesn't have a solid block running all the way through the body. It has cool chicken knobs for an in and out of phase control and a 50,250,500 control. One master each for volume and tone. Pickup selector is located on upper horn (like a Paul's). A pretty clean finish job, the one I got is black w/ cream binding. Low impiedence pickups sound pretty cool from rock to country. It is a very quiet guitar because of the pick ups I guess.

What I Do NOT Like About The Epiphone Les Paul Siganture: I have already had to replace the pick up switch because the old one went south one night at a gig. Other than that I really haven't had any other problems.

Epiphone Les Paul Siganture Quality Rating: Set neck, vintage style tuners, cream binding on the body and neck. Even though it's "overseas made" it seems to be put together pretty well. I have seen no major flubs on this one.

Review Summary: If you have a gig at one of "those" clubs where the wiring in the room buzzez you off stage this is a good alternative. Goes from twanky clean to warm humbucker with the turn on the 50,250,500 control pot. It's a nice axe that doesn't wieght you down like a 335.

Rating of this Epiphone product: 5

This Epiphone Les Paul Siganture Electric Guitars Review Submitted By: Dennis Lehew

Review Date: 2001-11-30